Baling-press.



No. 727,401. PATENTED'MAY 5, 1903. G. E. MAXWELL.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION lI-LBD JAN. 6. 1903.

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BALING PRESS.

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GEORGE EZRA MAXVELL, OF MULBERRY, KANSAS.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,401, dated May 5,1903.

Application filed January 6,1903. Serial No. 138,057. (No model.)

' provements in baling-presses, and more particularly to the feeding andpacking mechanism whereby the loose hay is brought into position in thepath of the plunger prior to being compressed thereby.

The object of the invention is to provide a packer of novel constructionadapted to force the hay into proper position in front of thecompressing-plun ger and which is operated by said plunger.

Another object is to employ means whereby the hay is directedautomaticallyinto posi` tion in the path of the packing device.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists inproviding a reciprocating plunger to which is hinged a feedboard, to theouter end of which is pivoted the lower end of an angular beam. Thisbeam is fulcrumed at a point between its ends, and the forward or upperend'thereof is connected to a packer of novel construction which isnormally retained in a substantially upright position by means of abrace-rod pivoted thereto and to the frame of the baling-press, said rodbeing arranged substantially parallel to the upper portion of theoperating-beam of the packer.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described,and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form ofmy invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved baling-press. Fig. 2 is a central 1ongitudinal sectiontherethrough. Fig. 3 is a section on line a; n1, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is asection through the packer. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the lowerportion of said packer with its clamping-block removed, and Fig. 6 is adetail view of the feed-board.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is the frame of thecompressingchamber of a baling-press, and extending rearwardly fromopposite sides thereof are lside walls 2, which are mounted upon thebase 3 of the press. An inclined board 4 extends upward from the rearend ofthe compressingchamber and serves to prevent hay or other materialfed to the press from falling upon the top of the compressing-chamber.From the outer or rear ends of the side walls 2 extend arms 5, uponwhich are mounted standards 6, having suitable braces 7, connecting thesame to the upper portions of the side walls. Between these standardsisfulcrumed an angular beam 8, the lower end of which is hinged to therear end of a stript), extending from and hinged to the upper edge ofthe rear surface of a plunger 10. This plunger is slidably mounted uponthe base 3 between the side walls 2 and is provided with a rod 11,whereby it may be operated in any suitable manner. To the'upp'er o rforward end of the beam 8 is pivoted a packing-arm 12, the upper end ofwhich is connected by means of a rod 13, with the upper end of one ofthe standards 6. As this rod is substantially parallel with the upperportion of the beam 8, it will be seen that the arm 12 is normally heldin a substantially upright position. To the lower end of arm 12 issecured a clamp formed of two small strips 14, having grooves 15 in theadjoining faces thereof, which are adapted to receive and retain inposition spikes 16. Bolts or other suitable means may be employed forsecuring the two members of the clamp 11i together. A feed-board 17 issecured to strip 9, before referred to, by means of straps 1S or in anyother desired manner, audit is obvious that when strip 9 is swung upwardupon its front hinge the board will be carried therewith. In operationplunger 10 is pressed forward toward the eompressing-chamber, and thehay or other material to be compressed is Vplaced in rearof the inclinedboard 4 and upon the feed-board 95 17. Plunger 10 is' then drawnoutward, and strip 9 will Vpress backward and upward upon the beam 8 andcause the packing-arm 12 to move downward and force the hay intoposition in front of the plunger. As the arm 12 moves downward the strip9, which is operating beam S, will swing upward upon its vfront hingeand carry the feed-board 7 therewith, and the hay which has been placedin ICO position upon said board will slide downwardly thereon into thepath of the packer.

The operation of the device, as above described, may be repeated until asufficient quantity of hay or other material has been compressed withincompartment 1, when it may be removed in bales in any desired man ner.Should one or more of the prongs 16 be broken, they can readily bereplaced by removing one of the members of the clamp 14 and substitutingnew spikes therefor.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do Anot limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described Ithe invention, what is claimed as new is l. Abaling-press, the combination with a plunger; of standards,a beamjournaled therebetween, a packing-arm connected to and adapted to beoperated by said beam, a strip connecting said beam to the plunger, anda feed-hoard upon the strip.

2. In a baling-press, the combination with a plunger; of standards, abeam fulerumed therebetween, a packing-arm connected to one end of thebeam, a brace-rod pivoted at opposite ends-to said arm and one of thestandards, a strip hinged at opposite ends to the upper edge of theplunger and to the end of the beam respectively, and a feed-boardsecured to said strip and adapted to be inclined when the plunger isretracted.

3. In a baling-press, the combination with the frame of acompression-chamber and an inclined board upon the end of said frame; ofa plunger, standards, a beam fulcrumed between said standards, apacking-arm pivoted to one end of the beam, abrace-rod pivoted atopposite ends to said arm and to one of the standards, a strip hinged atopposite ends to the upper edge of the plunger and to the remaining endof the beam, and a feedboard secured to said strip and adapted to beinclined when the plunger is retracted, whereby material thereon isdirected into the path of the packing-arm.

4. In a baliug-p'ress, the combination with a plunger; of standards, abeam fulcrumed therebetween, a packing-arm hinged to and adapted to beoperated by said beam, and a feed-board connected to the plunger andbeam and adapted to be inclined downward toward the plunger during thedownstroke of the packing-arm.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE EZ RA MAXWELL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM FRANKLIN MAXWELL, CLARRA A. MAXWELL.

